This duo combines two new book-length novels by Lauran Paine, one of the great authors of unforgettable Western fiction. In Ghost Meadow, there has been rustling going on at Fort Laramie. There are those in the command who are convinced that it is the work of Indians. A prime suspect is John Morning Gun, a fort scout, a man who looks to be a full-blood but is actually the son of a French voyageur and a Crow woman, orphaned when young. Pete Burdette, a trader, is elected to guide the patrol in pursuit of the Indians and cattle stock. Lieutenant Albert Winthrop is charged to lead the patrol, but he is convinced that the theft was not committed by Indians at all. Sergeant Flannery is equally convinced, but orders are to be followed, and John Morning Gun is to remain at the fort until the question about theft has been resolved.
